CVE-2026-49772WordPress The Events Calendar plugin 6.15.12-6.16.2 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- 9.3CriticalCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Liquid Web / StellarWP The Events Calendar allows Blind SQL Injection. This issue affects The Events Calendar: from 6.15.12 through 6.16.2.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- The Events Calendar 6.15.12 - 6.16.2 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-49772.yamlSeverity critical
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By Patchstack
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| PatchstackCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Critical9.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.3.
Affected products
Liquid Web / StellarWP · The Events Calendar
- affected 6.15.12 – ≤ 6.16.2
What to do
Solution: Update the WordPress The Events Calendar Plugin to the latest available version (at least 6.16.3).
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-37057 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-49772)Record last updated .